Medically reviewed by Kira Graves, PhD Key Takeaways Autistic people may have an unusual pattern of nonverbal communication.Autistic adults often have strong preferences for routines and can become ...

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. When we try to learn something new, our curiosity ...

Entrepreneur Natasha Nelson always knew she was different. The 35-year old from Stone Mountain, Georgia, struggled with establishing social norms. She found small talk difficult, and couldn’t ...

ElliQ is an empathetic care companion designed for older adults aging independently at home. (Image courtesy of Intuition Robotics) A large-scale longitudinal study published in The Gerontologist has ...

When most people think about autism, certain images come to mind: a child lining up toys in perfect rows, someone avoiding eye contact, or an individual reciting impressive facts about a specific ...

Natasha Nelson, a 35-year-old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn't have an innate sense of social norms. She didn't know why people meeting for the first time would choose to engage in ...

One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...

In The Unmasking Workbook for Autistic Adults, I wrote about the transformative power of unmasking, and I created a roadmap ...

Communication is vital to expressing and getting what we want and need, bonding with other people and navigating the world in which we live. But, by definition, autistic people often deal with ...

When it comes to attraction, the eyes often tell the story. But what happens when the gaze itself tells us something deeper—about how people perceive and evaluate faces differently based on their ...